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	<description>Do you believe everything the zoo tells you..?</description>
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		<title>The Case (again) for Teacher Training</title>
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Teaching English is a craft that we all have to learn. We all know that you are not automatically a good English teacher just because you are a native speaker. Having a Bachelor&#8217;s or a Master&#8217;s degree won&#8217;t make you one either except if one of these involved  substantial, observed teaching practice, in which case [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/mikelong/2008/09/15/the-case-for-teacher-training/</link>
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		<title>Useless Voca Tests!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Up and down Korea, in hundreds of English hagwons, the teaching of English vocabulary is perhaps one of the clearest examples of silliness in a business where even in this modern age, in this modern country, the basic principles of effective language teaching have never really been imported. The harsh fact is that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/mikelong/2008/09/12/useless-voca-tests/</link>
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		<title>Mike in L1 abuse shocker!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes it&#8217;s true - I do let my students watch episodes/parts of episodes of Friends with Korean subtitles. Why? Let me summarise the case for the prosecution. Then my defence!
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		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/mikelong/2008/08/26/technically-perfect-mike-in-l1-abuse-shocker/</link>
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		<title>Fundamentals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have found that when a lesson doesn&#8217;t work, it is often because one or more of the fundamentals have gone out the window! In my humble opinion, omission of the fundamentals include things like the following: Do you agree?
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		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/mikelong/2008/08/26/fundamentals/</link>
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		<title>Mike loves info exchanges!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With any short or medium sized text, all you have to do is split it into two (photocopy &#38; chop) and give each half to 2 students (Student A and Student B).
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		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/mikelong/2008/08/26/mike-loves-info-exchanges/</link>
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		<title>Picture stories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If your local bookstore stocks the book series called &#8220;Can you believe it?&#8221; at all 3 levels, you&#8217;re in for a treat and easy way to get students talking. These books are based on little 6-picture cartoon-like stories. All you have to do is photocopy the picture stories and laminate them. If you do this with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/mikelong/2008/08/26/picture-stories/</link>
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		<title>Warm up, Warm down!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sick of having your well planned lessons interrupted by late arrivals? Students seem wordless and unmotivated? Bring back the warmer!
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		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/mikelong/2008/08/26/warm-up-warm-down/</link>
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		<title>Alex v Sandy - Who&#8217;s the best?</title>
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It&#8217;s not easy to write this kind of post without coming across as obsequious, but sod it! Previous posts on this blog have featured Mike&#8217;s heroes in different fields and will continue to do so. I reckon all of us admire skilled practitioners in different areas. From the world of EFL blogging, let&#8217;s have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/mikelong/2008/08/12/alex-v-sandy-whos-best/</link>
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		<title>Short facts about Daegu 001</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Daegu, and certainly in Suseung-gu, you actually have to beat off taxi drivers trying to get your business! I have to walk across one road to get to my hagwon and the only thing that makes it difficult is having to constantly refuse aggressive taxi drivers. They are also ridiculously cheap. You can get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/mikelong/2008/08/06/short-facts-about-daegu-001/</link>
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		<title>What makes a good EFL Teacher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. Back to the business of EFL. I&#8217;ve been considering lately what are the key ingredients for a good EFL teacher. When I was a DoS for a year, I was able to put my ideas to the test. Here are my results. I can&#8217;t really rank them:
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		<link>http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/mikelong/2008/08/06/what-makes-a-good-efl-teacher/</link>
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